Istanbul Turkey: Horror as dismembered body parts of a woman found in multiple dumpsters
The dismembered body parts of a woman have been found in multiple rubbish bins in Istanbul, Turkey.
Tragically, the woman’s decapitated body was wrapped in a sheet and dumped in skip bin, while her head and legs were found in another. The horrific discovery was made by a paper collector looking for items to recycle in the high-end Şişli district of Istanbul, Turkey, local media reported.
Investigators identified the victim as a 37-year-old Uzbek national. Initially, just her torso was found, but investigators reviewed CCTV footage and found evidence of two men dumping a suitcase at a different bin.
Her head and legs were then discovered. Hours later, police detained two suspects, also Uzbek nationals, at Istanbul Airport as they were trying to allegedly leave the country to Georgia.
They later arrested a third suspect. Allegedly, one of the men confessed to the killing, explaining he had been romantically involved with the victim.
Women’s rights groups expressed outrage after the grim news broke, calling for demonstrators to join two protest marches in Istanbul and Ankara. Large crowds met at Osmanbey metro station in Sisli, carrying banners and placards reading “Stop male violence!”, “We demand justice for women who are murdered” and “Migrant women are not alone”, NGO footage showed.
In Ankara, hundreds more marched at a protest called by the Stop Femicides platform, which demanded accountability for the woman murdered in Şişli.